Since 1985, the Substance Abuse Council has sought to provide resources necessary to educate and increase awareness and understanding of substance abuse in our community. Below you will find information on possible signs of substance abuse.
 

Signs of Substance Abuse Include:

• Changes in behavior; school/work attendance or performance
• Increased secrecy
• Lack of motivation & discipline
• Change in, or ignoring of personal appearance
• Mood swings, attitude change
• Increased borrowing of money, possibly theft
• New friends; association with drug-using peers
• Withdrawal from family, friends, and responsibilities

GUIDE TO SIGNS & DANGERS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE

For more great information for parents, please visit The Partnership for a Drug-Free America's parents page.

Visit The Passage Group to learn more about the problems and issues your children are facing, and what you can do as parents to help combat those problems. 

• American Council for Drug Education
• MADD
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Stopalcoholabuse.gov
• Prevention Network
• The Anti-Drug

Other Parent Websites

• http://family.samhsa.gov/stop/
• http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/underagedrinking/
• http://parentsempowered.org/
• http://www.oasas.state.ny.us/ud/OASAS_TOOLKIT/instructions.htm
• http://www.stopalcoholabuse.gov/townhall/

Other Video Links

• http://www.theantidrug.com/advice/chronicles-home.aspx